The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-11

vs THEM THAT ARE LITTLE
BUT VERY VALUABLE.


q Amethyst aud the Emerald.
SIC nd ssIoodsfona--A Long List
BE Gems.
g Die have To be eigca5ed il the
r7a approaching certain valuable
za1... nc people Of London and New
gr -- saGr.ughiv posted On the sub
t.-r y. ues and therefore 6hey know
One f hem OuJ here the diamond
.4 .ar pom as the most yauaDle-iu
raGs .. u.Y really precious stone thar
erer. . rs 4 consequence We labor IN
der = vantage, as compared win
tas arz the east OF c0Urse I know
Cha. E.sr. tra some here who are informed
.r Che 1iect Of precious stones, but /
1aaa . IS a class our people have
..c. aru- For Instance. If I were 10
esz4.- auYnGGY that came in here il
-s .vr. Ike ~ buy an AlexanGrite he
Ka..t know what I meant"
something about gems What
Il ar audrrez'
~ TX green IN color by daylight
ard oar -ed A night. It is named after
tee saar Russia, and owes It's celebrity
- .cs pr. nineno hues Of red and green
.ae -aos embienatic c0iors Of that
as aE
il rue that you can 70 break a dia-
acr.
.arlond VIII crack or break as any
other store, but tle cracking VIII red1ca
t ~ nothing, spite Of the vulgar
5Ea5 you can't break A dia-
...r Duly about one in ten ia royal,
being black or c0lored useful
81
tLCATTOE or DIAMONDS.
la you get at the value Of dia-
-.r.s
,aluation Of gems is arbitrary.
.er..... zon many considerations. Among
-vaJer IF perfectly hmpid
,- trop Of the puresG water il
first water Color comes
.e.-G ..oloriess ranks highest, whit.
-aa g. While the raerest suspicion
~ on blue rather heightens
tEs Of white stones Rose comes
next then yellow or amber but they
nrHs be perfect in water and favless
ra Gaong che first class.
about agates ~
are translucent TO Transparent
e4r Agates are built up layer on
lay JnlebiIaes hundreds to the inch.
-s.s aimed by manganese or iron in
Eal-- figures and veins moss aeatesl,
.Dr. -es closely resembling persons and
:crnmand very high prices. p
you give me a chapter the
tyf
transparent, purple or violet in
4 cluster az mined generally con
Ter crystals of blue, green, yellow,
and white. The red crystals are
rose quartz, the ciouded ones
quartz; the green are prase, the /
false Jopaz' and the perfectly clear
crystals, The finest rock cTys-
found in great numbers near Hot
, Ark, in Diamond mountain. -
at is h hard stone aside from the
d2'
aquamaFine-a transparent berYi
lIgh bl4lz q 4 lovely s3-oT1p-sEu-
he emerald, and very hard It will
the amethyats, but not the topaz,
not affected by acids. The chrys0-
:at's eye is very hard, but ranks
sapphires, rubies, etc 1t is trans
t0 translucent green III many
The chrys0prase is apple green,
ne stones are very beautiful and
valued "
" does the emerald rank?''
translucent or suFtransparent and
variety of the heryI just as the
arine is the transparent and blue
7, but it is very much more highly
Enlerald9 rank next to the dia-
ruby and finer sapphire Oriental
e ID 10 the green sapphlFe-very rare,
eauriful and very valuable .
q there stones that can be passed for
sr2''
The garnet which is transparent and
#epends upon it's value altogether on
X, for it can often pass as d ruby -
hat is 4 bl0Odst0ne2''
variety Of chalced0ny Of a deep green
variegated with blood-red or vel
spots. 1t Is properly called hello
fme some other stones I've run
LONG LIST OF GEMS.
acre is the hyacinth cinnamon stone,
parent, yellow, red and brown.
are garnet hyacinths and zirc0n by !
rs Although its intrinsic qualities
TO rank the Zirc0n hyacinth first. /
}arket rates il second. Then there is
aEaHte .5lue spar translucent and .
blue Only the fine varieties are l
II for jewellers purposes. Next the L
-e chlte, transluceu6 green used for
j. vases and parior ornaments. slabs
Mexican onyx, translucent g1'eenish
2, with veins Of all coIOrs, makes \
paper weights, inkstands pipe n
4, etc The onyx is constructed in Il
or layers Of different coI0rs like the b
e. except that in the onyx the films a
AID fiat while IN the agate they are e.
the Feelings Of an onion The ONYX "
lerly valued for cutting canoes. The "
e coiors IN true onyx are white black "
Drown 1ardOnYx has also a film Of b.
elIan red The opal is transparent "
e, pale yellow, gray green and red "
49, LIS Fe-ii4C I'd 4l-s peculiar power OF "
biting wonderful play Of coIors as it til
irned to various angles The most re- TO
Sabte is the fire opal Precious oDaI ca
he very finest and most deIicateIv
led aad tinted Of fire opals. Of the
there is the spineI, transparent light
ilum or dark red. The oriental san bc
'e ruby Is Of the same description. and co
+ dlfl1cuIt to distinguish from the suj- m
1t IS degree harder. As a general av
the Orientals are the most valuable OF
spineLs of equal beauty are handf- te1
ped by reputation. Oriental rubies of M
very finest qualities are more valuable r,
n diamonds of the same weight
Let me see-there IS the sapphire
nsLafenG, azure, celestial, etc. and
e Sapphires Of the most celestial hue ye
/ all other good qualities are worth ter
-ch less than oriental rubies of the same M
e. Yellow sapphires are called oriental of
az, green ones oriental emerald and tn,
let ones oriental amethysts. The su
,ciOus topaz is transparent and yellow in.
ere are other varieties-greenish blu
J. reddish and some are perfectly color
3 When these are entirely transpar CT
and otherwise perfect they have a high sh
ne also for they often Dass a. PJIbies LAT